Can I have your recommendations for a really good murder / detective series?

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I’m feeling a bit at sea. I’ve loved:
Strike
Dr Ruth Galloway by Elly Griffiths
The Serrailler series
The Thursday Murder Club series
The Stieg Larsson books
Simon Brett’s Fethering series
Agatha Raisin to a lesser extent

I was a bit meh about Elly Griffiths’s other books (Brighton series and Harbinder Kaur). I found the DCI Ryan books a bit samey, and I’d say the same about quite a lot of the ‘tortured Scottish detective’ series. I also loved The Appeal.

I listen on Audible so would especially welcome series with a good narrator. TIA

Barbara Nadel
Michael Dibdin
Donna Leon

Lots of great reads already suggested.

I would echo Kate Ellis, Wesley Peterson series, Shardlake, Jacqueline Winspear, Frances Brody and Verity Bright amongst others. I was also recommended the Jack Cartwright books and have enjoyed them so far.

Great thread! some old favourites here, and some new suggestions too. Keep 'em coming.
My contribution is Margaret Kirk's Lukas Mahler series of 'Highland Noir' detective novels, set in the Highlands. As well as murder, there's a bit of history and a bit of the supernatural too. The audio version is apparently excellently voiced by a local actor.

The Cormorant Strike series

Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series - Case Histories is the first one.

Might not be quite what you're looking for but I really enjoyed Rivers of London after I finished Thursday Murder Club. It's detective fiction with a magical element and I really liked the characters.